CHANGING STATIONS
The Story of Australian Commercial Radio
By Bridget Griffen-Foley, University of New South Wales Press, 530pp.
Reviewed: 19 December 2009
In 1935, conservative magnate Sir Keith Murdoch fought to restrict access of a new, popular communications medium to the resources of global news and information controlled by the established media. His Herald and Weekly Times company not only dominated the monopoly national newsagency, but also had exclusive Australian rights to international newsagencies, and even the BBC. The new medium he resisted was radio.